1948
Search results
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion ( 1928 , 1932 , 1936 ) in women's singles , a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936).
OSLO, Oct. 12 (AP)--Sonja Henie, ice-skating queen and film star, died tonight on an ambulance plane flying from Paris to Oslo. She was 57 years old. Miss Henie had been suffering from leukemia...
Sonja Henie. Actress: Sun Valley Serenade. The daughter of a fur wholesaler in Norway, Sonja Henie received her first pair of ice skates when she was six. At 14 she was the Norwegian Skating Champion. At 15 she would win the Olympic gold medal in Skating, a feat she would repeat in 1932 and 1936.
Sonja Henie (born April 8, 1912, Kristiania [now Oslo], Norway—died October 12, 1969, in an airplane en route to Oslo) was a Norwegian-born American world champion figure skater and Olympic gold medalist who went on to achieve success as a professional ice-skater and as a motion-picture actress.
Sonja Henie made her Olympic debut at the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924. At the time, she was only 11 years old and she had to punctuate her free skating routine with frequent visits to the sidelines to ask her coach what she should do next.
May 14, 2018 · Sonja Henie. Modern figure skating is deeply indebted to Sonja Henie (1912-1969), one of the greatest athletes of this century. She was the first skater to incorporate the principles of ballet into her routines and the first woman to perform spins and jumps.
Henie soars to top of figure skating world. Sonja Henie (NOR) was just 11 years of age at Chamonix 1924, where she understandably suffered from a lack of experience and finished last in the women’s figure skating competition.
Sonja Henie was the first superstar of women’s figure skating, winning three Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932, and 1936. She made her Olympic début in 1924 when only an 11-year-old. She finished last in a field of eight but improved to fifth a few weeks later at the 1924 World Championship.
Apr 8, 2012 · Sonja Henie was skating’s first superstar. By 10, she was Norway’s champion, and at 11 she competed in her first Olympics.
Sonja Henie died of leukemia one year after the inauguration of the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. She was 57 years old. She donated all of her awards and private documentation archive with accompanying photographs and films to HOK.
